Proverbs 12:19
Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
In Context
18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
Psalms 52:4You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:19
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. The tongue is death or life, poison or medicine, as it is used. 1. There are words that are cutting and killing, that are like the piercings of a sword. Opprobrious words grieve the spirits of those to whom they are spoken, and cut them to the heart. Slanders, like a sword, wound the reputation of those of whom they are uttered, and perhaps incurably. Whisperings and evil surmises, like a sword, divide and cut asunder… Read the whole commentary →